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Surrey County Council brought in the new fees for "non-household" waste including plasterboard, breeze blocks, bricks, rubble, soil, stones, turf and tiles, as well as tyres from motorbikes and other motorised vehicles in September.

In the same month, 500 tonnes of waste were collected – down more than 200 tonnes on September 2015.

A fly-tip in Tillingdown Lane, Caterham (Image: Tandridge District Council)

Councillor Mike Goodman, Surrey County Council’s cabinet member for environment and planning, said: “The volume of fly-tipped waste we have disposed of has fallen by more than half compared with last October, which is good news for local taxpayers because it means the bill for getting rid of illegally dumped rubbish is also falling.

"On top of that, the amount we’ve dealt with since April is 1,000 tonnes down on the same period last year but we recognise there is more to do and that there are local concerns about fly-tipping which is why we are stepping up co-ordinated action against the problem with district and borough councils.”